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1 Kings 3:6-8
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6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated[a] great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served[b] you faithfully, properly, and sincerely.[c] You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.[d] 7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.[e] 8 Your servant stands[f] among your chosen people;[g] they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.

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  1. 1 Kings 3:6 tn Heb “did.”
  2. 1 Kings 3:6 tn Heb “walked before.”
  3. 1 Kings 3:6 tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”
  4. 1 Kings 3:6 tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.”
  5. 1 Kings 3:7 tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”
  6. 1 Kings 3:8 tn There is no verb expressed in the Hebrew text; “stands” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
  7. 1 Kings 3:8 tn Heb “your people whom you have chosen.”
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